Five similes has got to be important, right? Well, I think so. In "Dream Deferred" by Langston Hughes, the literary technique of similes is incredible. Who knew that using the word "like" could be so effective? Hughes is showing us, through these similes, the different dreams we have and how we remember some and forget others, depending on what it is about. We are given the line, "Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?" (Hughes). I take this to mean that this is the kind of dream that we forget the minute we wake up because it bears no real significance. Also, we are shown, "Or crust and sugar over-- like a syrupy sweet?" (Hughes). This line, for me, paints the picture of a dream that we love, and we want to cherish and keep forever.
Lastly, I also wanted to note the breaks he uses in the poem. Hughes starts and ends with a question, and this holds some importance, I believe. Really, I think both are rhetorical, because even though he attempts to answer the first one, there is no one definite answer. And clearly the last one is posed just to get us thinking. With more analysis, I'm sure I will understand the meaning behind it.
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